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...date was Feb. 1, 1951 on Hill 333 near Wonju in Korea. He was a platoon sergeant in the I Company, 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division, fighting off a Chinese Communist "human sea" attack. "The lieutenant lasted about 20 minutes," said Sergeant Lee. Then Lee was in command. "I had been with the platoon a long time," he explained diffidently. "There wasn't anyone left to lead them." The platoon fired until their guns clicked empty. The Chinese surged over the crest, and Sergeant Lee's platoon reeled 50 yards back down the hill. The sergeant carried a wounded...
...platoon got its ammunition and charged up the hill, hollering banzai. A grenade exploded in front of the sergeant, riddling his legs with fragments. He told the men not to stop, limped after them to retake the hill. The Chinese knocked them off the hill again. Four more times Sergeant Lee and his platoon drove forward. Each time the Chinese drove them back. Another grenade blasted the sergeant flat, again riddling his legs...
Crawling on his hands & knees, Sergeant Lee led his men forward on one final charge. Only twelve were left of the original 46. A rifle bullet smacked into the sergeant's body as he waved them on. He kept going. The platoon took Hill 333 on that sixth charge and this time they held. When reinforcements came up, they counted 83 Chinese dead strewn about the summit, estimated that another 200 had been wounded. Sergeant Lee, still conscious and in command, was carried down on a stretcher...
Delegates to "the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association, which has been in session all week, get to the football part of their activities today. Spring practice, two platoon football, and a seven point plan for reform of college athletics will be up for discussion...
Coach Myles Huntington used a two platoon system and both squads were equally good. Huntington, who planned to alternate four men at goal, also found a starter in Bob Hathaway, who handled himself well under pressure...